Math Word Problems Worksheet Page 13

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Show your work and/or explain your thinking for each problem.
Set 12
1.
Mr. O’Hara is having his house painted. The painter is charging $8.25 per hour. It will
take him about 59 hours to paint the house. About how much will Mr. O’Hara pay to have
his house painted?
2.
A box of candy has 11 chocolates. A shipping carton has 8 boxes. How many chocolates
are in each shipping carton?
3.
Your school year is 185 days long. If you go to school everyday for 13 years, how many
days will you attend?
4.
John’s family took a trip during the summer. They traveled for 14 days and went a
distance for 2,534 miles. How many miles did they average each day?
5.
Ann is baking cupcakes. The recipe uses 5/8 cup of sugar. Ann only has 2/8 of a cup.
How much more sugar does Ann need?
6.
Almost one half of the students in Mr. Edgar’s fifth grade class are going to art. Which of
the fractions below shows the fraction of Mr. Edgar’s students who are going to art.
Explain.
4
1
5
5
7
3
12
6
7.
Mario’s pencil is 5 ¾ inches long. Toby’s pencil is 4 ¼ inches long. How much longer is
Mario’s pencil?
8.
On the weekend it snowed on Mt. Charleston. On Saturday, it snowed 4.3 inches. On
Sunday, it snowed 9.7 inches. How much more snow fell on Sunday?
9.
Sharlene and Nicole ran the 50-yard dash at a track meet after school. Sharlene ran the
race in 32.9 seconds. Nicole ran the race in 27.6 seconds. How much faster did Nicole run
than Sharlene?
7 yards
10. The drawing shows a dog pen that measures 3 yards
by 7 yards. Melanie needs to replace the fencing
for the pen. Will she need 20 or 21 yards of fencing
to enclose the pen?

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